Sunday 7th March there was a outlaw race held in Kangaroo Valley. It was in honor of Hugh “kibbling” Johnston’s last event of his aussie adventure.
Everyone has raved about how good this event was, and Jacko has written up a race report on ASRA. Give it a read, and you’ll find out what happens when you race in only a g- string and helmet!!!
Another awesome Bowl-a-rama at Bondi, Chad and the boys showing the world how to put on a kick arse event.
Everyone, except for the Hopshop, were surprised at the winner of the Open division: Pedro Barros. You all know since last year we have be raving on about the young kid from Brazil. Pocket Pistols does not just pick up anyone, and to be on their team as a 14 year you have to be special. Well Pedro has won back to back bowl-a-rama’s, wins in Wellington and Bondi.
Pedro out snaked everyone in the final, pulling off 540s, corner airs, nose grinds and smith grinds in a charging take all attitude. Read a great wrap up written by Sasha on the World Cup Skateboarding website
Open Results
1. Pedro Barros
2. Bucky Lasek
3. Bob Burnquist
Master Results
1. Steve Caballero
2. Pat Ngoho
3. Mick Mulhall
February 19, 2010 - 6:02 am in the category "News"
We’ll promote anything that is skate and looks like fun, even if it is SDS our competition that are putting it on. Don’t know if you could class them as our competition, we have more hardware than clothes, and SDS is a clothes shop right?
It is called Broken Bones. It is a skate demo at Chatswood Westfields, Level 3 Centre Court.
There is no Hop gnar/rad guarantee but a few big names will be there, how bad can it be?
Bob Burnquist, Rune Glifberg, Bucky Lasek, Juergen Horrwarth, Sergie Ventura, Corbin Harris, Jackson Pliz, Renton Millar, Kieran Reilly, Bjorn Johnson and Barney the dinosaur!!!
Get there early and make sure you clear room near one of the big glass windows, we want to see a skateboard go through one.
Start time 3.30pm this Thursday 18th February.
Heaps of prizes, there is always a skate grab. Plus SDS and Volcom are sparing no expense and giving away free t-shirts. Limited edition, with a dinosaur on it, that looks even radder than Barney. Not in purple, budget only stretched to black and white (t-shirts white).
note: Barney the might not be there, which is sad, because nothing says skateboarding more than a man in an animal suit doing a kickflip.
The Sydney Groms tore up the Master of the Hill event and walked away with all the cash.
In a tale of two events, there were two major skate competitions on last weekend. The kick flippers had Battle for Supemacy and ASRA had Master of the Hill (MOTH). Battle for Supremacy was canceled but MOTH was not. The downhill skaters not scared of a bit of rain. Maybe the kick flippers thought their tiny little wheels would dissolve in the rain.
Killara High cleaned up with 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the Grom’s podium and Cooper backing up with a 2nd on the Junior’s podium.
The big news was Hopkin Racing has finally given away some cash for our T-shirt podium guarantee.
Cooper Kruize, who is only 15 years old, won $700 from his first day ever of racing. That is almost as much as the prize money for each skater at Battle of Supremacy ($1000 each). No wonder all the kids are buying longboards, not only is it more fun, there is money in it!!
Groms podium
1st Cooper Kruize
2nd Scott Poole
3rd Ilan Aarons (Steve Daddow standing in for Ilan)
Juniors podium Master of the Hill 2010
1st Merrick Wildash
2nd Cooper Kruize
3rd Gabe Gwynne
Jackson has been doing some filming for Rush TV on ABC3. His profile video is the first part to be used, went to air a few months ago. We know you dont have time to watch everything on TV, so get caught up and watch the vid below. And keep an eye on RushTV, there will be more Jackson videos to come.
The most talked about trucks in 2009 and 2010 have landed in the Hopshop. All the longboarders can stop reading and go for a skate, it’s all about the short board on the blog today.
We have been following the progression of Theeve trucks for over a year. A select few Australian Vert skaters have been testing the trucks for a while. A lot of those trucks are the protos of TiH truck. This is the world’s first titanium axleless hanger. WTF. Ready for this? They cast the hanger and axle together, then machine down the axle to 8mm. This creates a truck that has an axle and hanger as one. The ultimate in strength. Cast in a Titanium alloy compound. How strong are these trucks? Some of our Vert friends have been on the same set of trucks since getting them. They have been unable to bend an axle. These might just be the last set of trucks you ever buy!
I now have to throw cold water on the party. The TiH trucks have not been released. However the next best thing are in the skateshop ready to go. That is the TiAX truck. The TiAX skateboard truck is still cast out of the Titanium Alloy blend, but they have inserted 6/4 Aerospace Titanium axles. The result is a stronger truck than anything else out there, but super light. Compared to a normal cast truck, you are looking at a 40% weight saving.
Needless to say, these trucks are at our premium end of what we offer. At $119 including shipping, still within everyone’s reach.
Check out the models we have in stock. If there is a colourway you are looking for and it is not listed, email or call the skateshop and we can order them in for you.
We have talked about it a lot, and today we have finally delivered on our promise. Hopshop Points are live.
Customers now earn one Hopshop Point for every dollar they spend with Hopkin Racing. To earn points you can buy online or in the skateshop. Our online system is used live within the skateshop. So when you buy, it is important to tell whoever serves you to put the purchase on your online account. Log into your account at Hopkin Racing, click on the modify profile and at the top of the page will be your accumulated Hopshop Points.
How do you spend them?
You can spend them online or in our skateshop. When you check out, there is a payment method of “Pay with Hopshop Points”. If you have enough points you can pay with all points or use what points you have to get a discount off the price.
ASRA members get double points !!!!
All paid up ASRA members will get TWO points for every dollar spent. Our ASRA list will not be totally up to date, but dont worry. If you miss out on the double bonus, let us know and we will add the extra points to your account.
What is the discount?
The discount equates to 5% discount for members and 10% discount for ASRA members.
This is just the beginning
We plan to expand our loyalty points so our customers can earn extra points. One example in the works is a referral service, so you can earn points for referring your friends as customers!
Disclaimer
This is new code for our website. The tempates and system has been thoroughly tested but we still need to make some small changes. Please give us some feedback if it is ruining your online shopping experience. We will get the price you can pay in Hopshop Points next to the dollar amount. At the moment, it just shows how many Hopshop Points you will earn.
Hopshop Points are not earned on discounted items.
Master of The Hill
It is Master of the Hill tomorrow, and in our sponsored races the winners get Hopshop Points. That’s right instead of the prize being a set of trucks or wheels you might not want or need, you get Hopshop Points that can be spend on anything!!!
If your pet can skate, send us photo to sales @ hopkin dot com dot au
Hop’s dog Fifi, swims but does not skate, here she is enjoying the water in Sydney Harbour. Many of you may know fifi also bids on ebay a lot, she likes buying old school skate gear and slalom bling.
Did you get the latest Concrete Wave magazine in the mail? Did you know if you are an Australian and you subscribe, your magazine gets air mailed to you, and you get it within days of the US and Canadian subscribers!! A chunk of radness expressed to your door.
It is a brilliant read this issue. Michael Brooke just keeps making this magazine better and better. There is news on all the latest released skate products, articles on vert, pool, street , skateboard racing and the list goes on…
Whatever your level of skateboarding, whatever your type of skating, whatever your level of interest. This magazine will impress. You’ll read it from cover to cover. Concrete Wave is the only magazine that features 100% skateboarding.
This issue, has Steve Daddow’s spectacular crash at Newton’s. Some of the articles are : Tao of Skate, Kids in the fast lane (kids and parents on downhill skateboarding), Venice Boarding School, interview with Mike Weed, Buena Vista pool, Team Green, and a double page article on Newton’s Playground!!! And that is not everything, there is plenty more. If you are like many skaters, you’ll subscribe as much for the ads as you do the photos and articles. Ads this month: Landyachtz zombies (in stock at the Hopshop), Sector Nine congratulate Evren on his Newton’s win (we will be stocking Sector 9 this year), Andy Lally gets a Seismic ad, Madrid downhill boards, Jimmy is in the Rainskates ad, plenty of skate bling ads like nimbus trucks.
Subscribe NOW. This is not a promotion, there is nothing in it for Hopkin Skate if you click on the link. This is from the Hopshop heart, a skate bro recommendation. Subscribe to Concrete Wave, your soul will be rewarded.
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